Omurice is a Japanese-style dish of fried rice wrapped in a thin omelette, and this version from Prakash Kumar D, Executive Chef at The Woodrose Club, is packed with vegetables such as carrots, beans, sweetcorn and broccoli. Seasoned with soy and tomato ketchup, it takes about 25 minutes from start to finish and serves two.

Recipe by: Prakash Kumar D, Executive Chef, The Woodrose Club, Brigade Group
Serves: 2  |  Prep Time: 15 mins  |  Cooking Time: 10 mins

Ingredients for Omurice

  • Whisked egg-1
  • Carrots cut into cubes- 2tsp
  • Green beans cut into cubes-2tsp
  • Sweetcorn- 2tsp
  • Broccoli- 2tsp
  • Babycorn cut into cubes- 2tsp
  • Chopped Spring Onions- 2tsp
  • Chopped ginger-1tsp
  • Chopped gralic-1tsp
  • Chilli flakes-1tsp
  • Butter-2tsp
  • Oil-2tsp
  • Tomato ketchup- as per taste
  • Salt – as much requirement- as per taste
  • White pepper powder- as per taste
  • Steamed basmati rice – 1cup

How to Make Omurice

  1. Heat a pan, add oil and the whisked egg, making a thin layer of egg sheet, keep aside on a plate.
  2. Add oil to the same pan and sauté the garlic, ginger and vegetables.
  3. Add rice and mix with soy, seasoning and tomato ketchup and stir fry the rice well.

Plating Process

  1. Place the egg sheet in a bowl, stuff with fried rice, and remove from the bowl so that the egg sheet wraps around the fried rice.
  2. With tomato ketchup, draw hearts on top of the egg.

Prakash Kumar, Executive Chef, The Woodrose